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5 things you can do with the Chase Sapphire Preferred® card
So you’ve got Chase Sapphire Preferred®, one of the best travel cards. Well done! The envelope with your sleek metal card was also full of documents and pamphlets—your guide to benefits, terms and conditions, and the like. This is useful stuff, but wouldn’t it be easier if someone combined all this information into “do these […]
Balance transfer check: everything you need to know
From time to time, your credit card company may mail you balance transfer checks. You can use these promotional offers to consolidate high interest credit card debt and potentially save money. If you received a balance transfer check or want to receive one, here’s how they work and how to use them. What is a […]
College Alternatives: 7 Different Paths
There are many reasons why you might not want to go to college. Maybe you want to start earning money right after high school and become financially independent. It may be that the training programs offered do not match your current interests or what you would like to do. Or maybe you just don’t see […]
Credit One Bank launches new American Express card
The content of this page is accurate as of the publication date; however, some offers from our partners may have expired. Browse our list of the best credit cards or use our CardMatch™ tool to find the cards that suit your needs. The Credit One Bank American Express® Card, first issued in October 2019, offers […]
Who should get the Amex Blue Cash Preferred Card?
If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything about rewarded credit cards, it’s that products can be a very lucrative bonus category. As people switched from dining out to cooking at home, food refunds began to pile up quickly. When it comes to the best credit cards for groceries, few can compete with American Express […]
COVID didn’t make America the best tip
The content of this page is accurate as of the publication date; however, some offers from our partners may have expired. Browse our list of the best credit cards or use our CardMatch™ tool to find the cards that suit your needs. As we entered the “endemic” phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, many expected Americans […]
Poll: COVID-19 has not made America the best dump trucks
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred demand for some services, but has not necessarily led to a steady flow of more tips for service workers. Gen Z consumers and millennials are less likely to tip everyone from the barista at the corner coffee shop to the Uber driver who takes them to the airport, and the […]
How to get a loan without a credit history
For borrowers brand new to credit, it’s harder to borrow money. As a snapshot of your credit history, your credit score is the main metric lenders use to predict whether you are financially responsible enough to pay off a loan. Aside from getting payday loans — extortionate high-interest loans that are easy to get but […]
What does it mean to be credit invisible?
Whether we like it or not, we live in a world where credit rules. But according to an Experian study, about 28 million Americans are considered “credit invisible.” The term, which sounds like something straight out of DC comics, refers to people who don’t have a credit score. This can happen for a variety of […]
The future is bleak for these 16 professions
Photo by Alexei Maridashvili on Unsplash As the economy continues to grow in the wake of the COVID pandemic, rising inflation and rising costs are becoming the new normal across all employment sectors. While American workers are enjoying an unemployment rate below 4% and a huge wage hike that has doubled from 3% to 6% […]